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Article
Al Qaeda's Uncertain Future
- DOI:
- 10.1080/1057610X.2013.802973
pages 635-653
- Received: 29 Jan 2013
- Accepted: 31 Mar 2013
- Accepted author version posted online: 14 Jun 2013
Abstract
This article considers the current state of the Al Qaeda terrorist movement and its likely future trajectory. It considers the principle assumptions both today and in the past about Al Qaeda and how they affect our understanding of the movement and the threat that it poses; Al Qaeda's current capacity for violence; and its ability to plan strategically and implement terrorist operations. The article further identifies nine key change drivers that will likely determine Al Qaeda's fate in the years to come before concluding that, even while the core Al Qaeda group may be in decline, Al Qaeda-ism, the movement's ideology, continues to resonate and attract new adherents. In sum, it argues that Al Qaeda remains an appealing brand most recently and most especially to extremist groups in North and West Africa and the Levant.
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- Received: 29 Jan 2013
- Accepted: 31 Mar 2013
- Accepted author version posted online: 14 Jun 2013
Author affiliations
- a Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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